New Risk to Clayoquot
January 30th, 2012 by Alison Wheatley in General
More than 130 scientists across North America have just signed a declaration calling for permanent protection of Clayoquot Sound’s remaining intact old-growth rainforests. But that might not be enough to protect the area.
The B.C. government has received an application for logging in the old growth rainforest of Flor...
Tags: Clayoquot, logging, rainforest, Sierra Club

November 1st, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Taseko’s revised proposal for a Fish Lake gold and copper mine would be even more of “an environmental disaster” than the company’s original pr...
Tags: environmental, Fish Lake, mine, Sierra Club

July 8th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Friday File
Several NGO’s, including Greenpeace and Sierra Club, have a website about the Alberta tar sands that features a map of the tar sands that can be placed ...
Tags: Greenpeace, map, Sierra Club, tar sands

August 9th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Climate Change
A recent report demonstrates how a revised global energy “revolution” could create 3.2 million jobs, with 8.5 million in the renewable energy sector al...
Tags: carbon emissions, CO2, coal, electricity, energy, energy security, green, Greenpeace, grid, renewable, Repower Alberta, Sierra Club, solar, sustainable, wind power

August 5th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Caitlin Hill in Endangered Species
British Columbia is the most biologically diverse province in Canada, with two dozen unique mammal species in an array of habitats, according to the Si...
Tags: BC, Blue list, ecosystems, endangered, legislation, Ministry of Environment, preservation, Red List, Sierra Club, species, Species at Risk


